Business Analyst - Payments

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 100000 - Rs 2400000 (ie INR 1-24 LPA)

Min Experience: 7 years

Location: Chennai, Bangalore, Bengaluru

JobType: full-time

The Business Analyst – Payments will act as a critical link between business stakeholders and the engineering/development teams, translating complex payment and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable solutions. This role requires an experienced, self-driven professional who can operate independently, engage confidently with senior stakeholders, and deliver high-quality analysis within financial services environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a bridge between business requirements and technology teams, ensuring accurate translation into functional solutions.
• Gather, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements for payment systems and initiatives.
• Work extensively on electronic payments domains, including CHAPS, SWIFT, SEPA, and ISO 20022 regulations.
• Perform data and message mapping, including AS-IS and TO-BE process and customer journey mapping.
• Facilitate and lead stakeholder workshops, capturing outcomes, decisions, and action items.
• Manage requirement traceability across business requirements, design documents, and testing phases.
• Identify solution options, assess impacts, risks, and controls, and present clear recommendations to stakeholders.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage conflicts, and support informed decision-making.
• Ensure solutions deliver operational efficiency, strong governance, and positive customer and colleague outcomes.
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies effectively across multiple stakeholder levels.
• Document operational designs, highlighting key impacts, dependencies, and risks.

Required Experience & Capabilities

• Proven experience in a Business Analyst or Solution Design role within financial services.
• Strong domain expertise in electronic payments and payment regulations.
• Ability to work independently with a high level of ownership and accountability.
• Advanced skills in business process analysis, requirement definition, and stakeholder management.
• Strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Experience identifying, evaluating, and presenting solution options aligned to business goals.
• Solid understanding of how technology enables business change and operational transformation.

Good to Have

• Experience using Jira and Confluence for documentation, OKR tracking, and delivery management.
• Experience working in Agile environments such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.

Skills
Business Analysis, Payments Domain Expertise, Stakeholder Management, Requirements Gathering, Process Mapping